From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from ozlabs.org (ozlabs.org [IPv6:2401:3900:2:1::2]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ADH-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by lists.ozlabs.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 40zxg82CTGzF0gv for ; Tue, 5 Jun 2018 00:11:00 +1000 (AEST) In-Reply-To: <20180514130316.23855-1-mpe@ellerman.id.au> To: Michael Ellerman , linuxppc-dev@ozlabs.org From: Michael Ellerman Cc: thgarnie@google.com, keescook@chromium.org, kernel-hardening@lists.openwall.com Subject: Re: [1/2] powerpc: Rename thread_struct.fs to addr_limit Message-Id: <40zxg609Blz9ryk@ozlabs.org> Date: Tue, 5 Jun 2018 00:10:57 +1000 (AEST) List-Id: Linux on PowerPC Developers Mail List List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , On Mon, 2018-05-14 at 13:03:15 UTC, Michael Ellerman wrote: > It's called 'fs' for historical reasons, it's named after the x86 'FS' > register. But we don't have to use that name for the member of > thread_struct, and in fact arch/x86 doesn't even call it 'fs' anymore. > > So rename it to 'addr_limit', which better reflects what it's used > for, and is also the name used on other arches. > > Signed-off-by: Michael Ellerman Series applied to powerpc next. https://git.kernel.org/powerpc/c/ba0635fcbe8c1ce83523c1ec797538 cheers